[HORSE]

[bloodyashes]

[There is no text in this message. All there are are some drawings of rather strange creatures. After some time, a drawing of a completely different creature is scribbled into one corner.

However, anyone in or passing near Dorm 25 will be able to hear a soft argument between Asch and Murtagh (oneformisery) along the lines of "That's not a horse, it's some kind of monster." "Of course it's a horse! Do you think I'm making this up?"]

Comments

[humble_scholar]

Hard to tell how similar they might actually be then - Elezen are one of the races on my world; they're very tall and look something like that.

[oneformisery]

I have not known many elves so I can't say whether they are all tall. This woman was a little taller than myself however, which is unusual amongst humans.

[humble_scholar]

Well - depending on how much taller it may not be so similar in that respect. Elezen tend to be drastically taller than most Hyur.

[oneformisery]

What are Hyur?

[humble_scholar]

Apparently what most worlds would call 'human', which I still find awkward, myself. Where I'm from that word could mean any of the races dwelling in the major city-states.

[oneformisery]

You have several races of human in your cities? I have seen men and women with dark skin where I'm from but they look no different to any other man or woman beyond that.

[humble_scholar]

Well, it may be slightly more complicated? All of the races lumped under the banner of humanity in Eorzea have their own variations, clans, and different groups.

[There's a handful of hasty, vaguely decent scribbles with notes appearing; the first are a set of drawings of what Murtagh and most would recognize as human, with one of the examples broader and heavier built, another with a 'third eye' that almost looks like some sort of stone set in the forehead - something that wouldn't be unfamiliar to Murtagh if he's ever seen Livia with her headbands and such off.]

These are Hyur - Midlanders [with an arrow to the first sketch] are the most widespread, but skin color can vary widely between families and regions; my own city of Ul'dah has a tendency for natives to be middling darker skinned compared to the northern regions. The Highlanders [and this has an arrow to the central sketch] mostly hail from upper hill country and mountain regions; the majority of them had been in a city-state that was conquered and isolated from all on the continent. The Garleans [which has an arrow to the one with a third eye] are from a different continent; the third eye is some sort of old adaptation of unknown origin, they tend to be very pale and claim descent from a long-dead ancient empire.

[He's leaving some blanks; there's a beginning of something else scribbled, the basic outlines of a couple of figures of very different sizes and shapes.]

[oneformisery]

[ The drawings are all examined with interest. The drawing of the one with the third eye fails to draw any recognition, he having not yet seen Livia's "third eye". ]

I've never seen such a variety of people. If you were to call any of the Dwarves, Elves, or Urgals "human", you'd be met with hostility. What I gather from this is that the term "human" is a description rather than a racial denomination, correct?

[humble_scholar]

Essentially, yes, although "Hyur" seem to be what other worlds refer to as human; same species with regional variations.

[One of the basic outlines gets sorted into a small, rounded figure with pointed ears and eyes that seem to have no visible pupils, while another is a girl with long feline ears and a tail; arrows are drawn between them and the word "Lalafell" for the small one and "miqo'te" for the feline.] For example, Lalafell and Miqo'te are also "Human", along with a few other races, although it's impossible for there to be hybrid children with a Hyur (and Lalafell are not entirely physically compatible even).

[oneformisery]

I see that they both have human shapes, ears and tail aside. It still confuses me how they are not different races however, especially if procreation isn't possible between them and Hyur.

[ The Miqo'te look like the descriptions of werecats he's read about. (Little does he know that's not how they actually look in his land.) ]